American ethnomusicologist of Czech birth educated at Indiana University and the University of Michigan. His distinguished teaching career has been based primarily at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (appointed associate professor of music, 1964; professor of music and anthropology, 1967-92; emeritus professor, 1992) but has included numerous guest professorships and awards. His scholarship has been highly influential in the growth of ethnomusicology during the second half of the 20th century. He has written or edited a variety of works surveying and broadening theoretical and methodological principles in ethnomusicology and published extensively on a variety of topics including Native American music, folk and traditional music and the Middle East.

Description: Consists of personal and administrative correspondence of Bruno Nettl while a professor and head of the Musicology Division for the University of Illinois School of Music. The papers date between 1966 and 1988. They document Nettl's career as a teacher, administrator and internationally recognized researcher. Of particular interest is the correspondence received by Nettl while conducting research in Iran between 1968 and 1969.

Access Restriction: Collection restricted until January 13, 2009, opened January 14, 2009.